(P. a.) : rĕceptus, a, um, Part. and , v. recipio.

rĕceptus (noun M) : recipio.
* A drawing back (very rare).
* Lit.: spiritus ... in receptu difficilis,hard to recover,Quint. 11, 3, 32, § 53.
* Milit. t. t., a drawing or falling back, a retiring, retreat (very freq. in prose and poetry): ut expeditum ad suos receptum habeant,Caes. B. G. 4, 33; so, habere receptum ad aliquem,id. ib. 6, 9; and simply receptus habere,id. B. C. 1, 59; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2; Liv. 27, 27; 44, 39 al.: cum receptus primis non esset,id. 28, 23; 40, 32: dare receptum alicui,Caes. B. C. 1, 46; 1, 82 fin.; and simply receptus dare,id. ib. 2, 30 fin.: Caesar receptui cani jussit,id. B. G. 7, 47; cf.: receptui signum audire,Cic. Phil. 13, 7, 15: signum dare receptui,Liv. 4, 31, 3: Caesar receptui suorum timens,Caes. B. C. 3, 46; 3, 69: receptui sibi consulebant,id. ib. 3, 11, § 4: haud facili inde receptu,Liv. 29, 7: ne receptum amittam, Pompon. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, C, 2 et saep.: canere receptui a miseriis contemplandis, to give the signal for leaving off, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 33. — In plur.: (bucina) cecinit jussos inflata receptus,Ov. M. 1, 340: cane, Musa, receptus,leave off,id. Tr. 4, 9, 31; and in the signif., place of retreat, refuge: tuti recessus,Verg. A. 11, 527: perdices surculis receptus suos vestiunt,nests,Sol. 7 fin. (cf. receptaculum, II. fin.).
* Transf., a going back, retreating: receptus et recursus maris,i. e. the ebb and flow,Eum. Paneg. Const. 6 fin.
* Trop., a retiring, falling back, retreat: receptui canente receptu,Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8; cf. Quint. 12, 11, 4: receptus ad Caesaris gratiam atque amicitiam,Caes. B. C. 1, 1: receptum ad poenitendum habere,Liv. 42, 13: ad expertam clementiam,id. 3, 2: a malis consiliis receptum,id. 28, 25; Col. 6. 23, 2.

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